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LOT 1133
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Mount
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (12.5 grams, 34 mm).
Cruciform in plan and D-shaped in section with incised lines across the vertical arms, one T-shaped finial remaining; attachment lugs to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridge, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a typed dealer's ticket.
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